Exercising apparatus



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R. H. NOE

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June 2K1 1921.

WITNESSES/ ATTORNEYS Patented Juneh 2l, 1927.

ROY H. NOE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

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Application 'led 0ctober 28, 1925. Serial No. 65,402.

My invention relates to improvements in exercisers of that type whichcomprises one or more elastic members connected at the ends thereof to apair of handles, and it consistsin the combinations, constructions andarrangements herein described and claimed. v

An object of the invention 1is the proJ vision of an exerciser of thecharacter described which has Simple, reliable and quickly and easilyadjusted means for'connecting the ends ofa single strip of elasticmaterial or the ends of any predetermined number of susperposed stripsof elastic ma' terial within` a considerable range with a pair of handgrip members so that the resistancey of the exerciser to any forcetending to modify the normal form of the elastic membervor membersthereof can be varied at will by varying the number of elastic stripswhich are connectedl with the hand grip members.

A 'further object of the invention is the provision of an vezrerciser ofthe character described which affords facilities for con- 'necting theopposite ends of a plurality of superposed strips of elastic material tohand grip members so that any pull on the elastic strips as a result ofmovement of the hand grip members apart or away from each other will beresisted equall by the respective elastic strips provided t at theelastic strips are of the same size and have the same elas tic strength.

A still further object of the invention is the provision in an eXerciserof the character described of handle units comprising clamping means forholding corresponding en s of a plurality of superposed strips ofelastic material firmly clamped together without undue pressure on anyone of the elastic strips and without injury to the elastic strips. p YOther ob'ects and'advantages of the invention wil be ap arent from thefollowing description, consi ered in conjunction with .the accompanyingdrawings, which Figure 1 is a view showing an exerciser embodying theinvention in use.

lFigure 2 is a relativel enlarged fragmentary perspective view o theimproved exerciser. 1

Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention, I make use of onel or more elasticstrips 1. Each strip 1 is made of sheet material possessingdesirsectional contour. Eachhand grip member- 3 is joined integrally atits ends to a pair of side bars 4 which are joined integrally to theends of a clamp member or jaw 5, the latter thus being disposed parallelto the hand grip member 3. T e clamp member 5 has a flat upper faceindicated at 6 which lies in a plane that exten-ds through the hand gripmember 3 below the center line of the latter. -The clamp member 5 alsohas upstanding stud pro'ections 7 rigid therewith adjacent to oppositeends thereof. Each handle unit also comprises a second clamp member orjaw Shaving the form of a substantially fiat bar formed with verticalopenings in the end portions thereof through which the stud projections7 may extend.` The clamp member 8 has a fiat bottom face, indicated at 9in Figure 3. The clam member 8'may be .reinforced by a longitu inallyextending integral stiifening rib 10 on the upper face thereof. Nuts 11threadedly engage the extending'upper end portions of the studprojections 7 and prevent displacement of the -upper clamp member 8 froma desirable p0- sition with respect to the lower clamp member 5.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. One or more uo l tween thecooperative members of the clamps. The end portions of the strip orstrips will be firmly gripped and held betweenthe members of the clampsof the handle units when the nuts llhave been tightened on the studlrojections 7 and the device then will be rea y for use. Since themembers of each clamp have substantially flat .surfaces next to thestrip or strips which are gripped therebetween, 1t is obvious thatinembodiment in forms other than tat illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and I therefore consider asmy own all such modications andadaptations of the form of the device herein described as fairly fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

I claim l. An exerciser of the character described comprising a pair ofhand grip members, an elastic strip adapted to be stretchedlongitudinally and pairs of adjustably connected substantially iiatcooperating jaws for connecting the ends of said strip with said handgrip members.

2. An exerciser of the character described comprising a pair of handgrip members, one or more strips of elastic material, each adapted to bestretched, and a clamp connected with each hand gri memberand comprisinga pair of adjustab y connected substantially fiat jaws, for releasablyholding an end portion or portions of said strip or strips of elasticmaterial. f

3. An exerciser of the character described comprising an elongated flatstrip of elastic material adapted tol be stretched,y a pair of handleunits, each comprising a hand grip member, and a clamp 'connected withsaid hand grip member and comprisinga pair of' adjustably connectedsubstantially fiat jaws for gripping an end portion of said strip lportions of sai ofelastic material, one of said jaws being rigidlyconnected with said hand grlp member.

f4. An exerciser of the character described jections may extend, saidsecond'clamp nienr` ber having a flat bottomv face, and nuts threadedlyenga ed with the extending end stud projections, and an elongatedelastic member having its ends held between the clamp members of saidhandle units.

5. An exerciser of the character described comprising a pair of handleunits, each comrising a hand grip member, a clamp memer connected at itsends with the ends of said hand grip member and disposed parallel tosaid hand grip member, said clamp member having a flat upper face,upstanding stud projections on the opposite end portions of said clampmember, a second clamp member having vertical openings yin the endportions thereof through which said stud projections may extend, saidsecond clamp member having a at bottom face,- nuts threadedl en agedwiththe extending end portions o sai stud'projections, the flat upperface of said first named clamp member lying Ain a plane which extendsthrough said and grip member below the longitudinal-center line of thelatter, and an elongated elastic member having its ends held between the,clamp members of said handle units.

- ROYH. NOE.

